The director’s capable of taking a simple moment or a standard establishing shot and making it into something of pure beauty. Yates fills the screen with visual wonder that’s never been seen before in this series. In this battle, Potter loses, Voldemort wins.Īs stated earlier, this is the most cinematic installment yet. Most of the Potter films have ended with hopeful speeches about friendship and all that jolly stuff, but not this time. Director David Yates couldn’t have concluded the film any better with exiting out as a pure downer. Even though it’s left open-ended, as expected, there’s still a sense of closure and a satisfying stand-alone experience. The best way to look at this installment is as half of a film. No one is here to help save the day for the trio. There’s more questioning, more self-doubting and pure moments of horror they have to strive through. These are teens placed in high-stakes situations, and now they’re even more aware of the situation they’re in and the consequences they face. This isn’t a kid-friendly easy-to-win battle, but rather a long and treacherous war. Not simply in terms of scares – which there are plenty of – but how the stakes are affecting Harry ( Daniel Radcliffe), Ron ( Rupert Grint) and Hermoine ( Emma Watson).
HARRY POTTER DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 CHARACTERS SERIES
Ever since Azkaban, the Potter series has grown progressively darker, and this is the darkest. This time around, there’s no real sense of hope or characters somehow managing to stay upbeat during trauma, as seems to be common in the series. Many will surely grow restless during the second act, which is where most of the “traveling” takes place, but that’s also where the richer character moments come from. This is a road trip film in a world with magic. This installment is oddly similar to the Lord of the Rings series, mostly due to all the traveling involved. This time around, there’s no Hogwarts, no adults to come in for the saving and no hopeful ending. The story picks up not too far off from where Half-Blood Prince left off. The Harry Potter films are event films that have always delivered on spectacle (possibly excluding the first two) but this is unquestionably the most cinematic of the bunch. This is the darkest of the series yet, and this bleakness couldn’t be more rewarding. Not in terms of quality, but with sheer mood and tone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is the Empire Strikes Back of the series.
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